Juno's adventures with knitting needles

juno

Oh knitting needles!

Knitting was going really well! It's now 10 inches long at least.

But I started off with 30 stitches, and now I have 32. And I have a weird big loopy bit as one of the stitches

juno

I haven't updated this for ages!

I'm still knitting

I've had requests from some of my friends for scarves for Christmas, so I'm going to be busy for a while. One of my friends has requested eco yarn - I can find eco wool, but he's allergic to that. The only eco yarn I've found so far is £7.50 for 100g :eek:

Gigervamp

You could always find some cotton jumpers in a charity shop to unravel and knit up. That's ecological!

I have seen organic cotton yarn and I think you can also get organic bamboo. Not sure how cheap it is, (probably not very!) but scarves don't use too much so it might not be too expensive to make.

juno

Can anyone help? I've done something wrong, and now I've got a loopy bit. It's more like a missed stitch than a dropped stitch. My knitting fell off my needles, so I put it back on and carried on, but I must've done it wrong somehow.

But since I don't know what I've done, I don't know how anyone else can

Olliebeak

Well done Juno :T!

I've been busy today, so missed this thread earlier - you go girl .

juno

Thank you! I' surprised by how easy it is. It is quite hard, but I always thought it would be nearer impossible. I'm going to try something a bit more challenging for my next one I think, though.

Reverbe

Well done you seem to be going well. I haven't managed to learn yet.

juno

Reverbe wrote: »

Well done you seem to be going well. I haven't managed to learn yet.

You just have to keep trying. I tried to learn the method of casting on with one needle, and just ended up with wool everywhere. So It tried the two needle method, which everywhere seemed to say was harder, and that worked

I also swapped my 5mm needles for 8mm ones at first, and used chunky wool. For some reason it was easier, and the stitches were bigger so it was quicker to get anywhere. Now I'm back with my 5mm needles as they give a different effect, and it's much easier than it was at first.

Reverbe

I'm still waiting for flatmates mum to teach me. I have tried from the net and books etc. It just doesnt work..

Cheers for the tips tho. I don't really want to knit anything chunky and have easy needles and double knit wool which I was told was best to start on.

Rikki

Reverbe wrote: »

I'm still waiting for flatmates mum to teach me. I have tried from the net and books etc. It just doesnt work..

Cheers for the tips tho. I don't really want to knit anything chunky and have easy needles and double knit wool which I was told was best to start on.

This may sound like a really strange idea, but... have you thought about a community centre, village hall, WI? or the like that has groups that meet ( This is going to sound patronising no matter how I put it. , but no offence meant. ) say of the older generation who may knit and would be happy to get you started.

I'm the opposite I knit, crochet, sew etc and have no-one to pass the skills onto.